decent
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They could, like most decent people, consider the allegations and assume that, even if there is not a crime here, what is described should never happen to anyone.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
What he soon realized was that a tree thought to be in decent shape a year ago, was actually completely hollow and “on the edge of complete failure.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Cruises offer decent vacation value for money, and ships tend to remain full even during recessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The piece received a decent number of readers, and a couple of radio shows reached out to have me on to talk about Trump and his supporters who believe in medbeds.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
He was just a decent lizard who was Zeke’s dad and now he was gone and Zeke wished more than anything that he wasn’t.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing decent
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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